title: Emergence of virulent pseudorabies virus infection in northern China.
abstract: Our investigation was conducted in order to verify a recent severe epidemic at several swine farms in northern China that indicated a newly emerging disease. Evidence confirmed that the epidemic was caused by a virulent Pseudorabies virus infection in swine herds.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Porcine Viral Diseases, China National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang 471003, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chaoyong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Jinzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Shengke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Xuke
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D058872:Epidemics / Q000662:veterinary*; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary; D014774:Virulence
keywords: Northern China; fatal infection; pseudorabies virus; swine